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Title

A map of the inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751. [cartographic material]

Description

Scale 1:665,280
First edition, 1st state, before the addition of the distance table.
Cartouche in lower left hand corner and below it the dedication "To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. This map is most humbly inscribed to their Lordships. By their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble Servt. Thos. Jefferys.
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Creator

Fry, Joshua,1700 (ca.)-1754.
Jefferson, Peter,1708-1757.

Publisher

London, Engrav'd and publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Date

[1751]

Language

eng

Type

cartographic

Identifier

As of 11/12/14, the quality of the fedora image is poor and the non-fedora image was used. The metadata was retained.

Files

fry 1751.JPG

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Citation

Fry, Joshua,1700 (ca.)-1754. and Jefferson, Peter,1708-1757., “A map of the inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751. [cartographic material],” University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits, accessed December 29, 2024, https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/items/show/2423.